A Manatt team led by Partners Paul Carr-Rollitt, Jerry Tichner and Barry Landsberg represented Sharp HealthCare (Sharp) in its long-term affiliation with the Tri-City Healthcare District, under which Sharp acquired the assets of, and now leases and operates, the facility known as Sharp Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, California. The 30-year affiliation—approved by voters in Oceanside, Carlsbad and Vista with a 92.3% majority through Measure H on June 2—closed successfully on June 30, 2026, with Sharp assuming operations on July 1.

Manatt was named a Client Service A-Team firm in BTI Consulting’s report highlighting law firms that corporate counsel identify as delivering exceptional client service.

This recognition reflects what sets Manatt apart: an extraordinary commitment to clients that places them at the center of everything we do and an integrated legal and consulting model designed to help organizations tackle challenges from multiple directions. Bringing together deep, cutting edge industry knowledge, strategic vision and practical solutions, Manatt’s professionals serve as trusted business partners by seeing things from different perspectives and surrounding complex issues with the multidisciplinary insight needed to drive meaningful results.

Based on BTI Consulting Group’s independent research and hundreds of in-depth interviews with top legal decision-makers, the report evaluates firms across a range of objective client-service factors. Firms recognized on the A-Team are distinguished for building trusted relationships, anticipating client needs, delivering practical and forward-looking counsel, and creating measurable business value.

Being named to the Client Service A-Team underscores Manatt’s reputation for combining innovative thinking with a rigorous, solutions-oriented mindset, which delivers exceptional service and forges lasting partnerships that help clients succeed today and into the future.

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Manatt CEO and Managing Partner Donna Wilson was featured in The American Lawyer, where she highlighted the Firm’s 2025 strategic growth successes. In the article, Wilson emphasized how the Firm’s disciplined, long‑term strategy and continued investment in its people and technology are translating into rising net income and pushed Manatt past the $500 million gross revenue mark for the first time.

Wilson pointed to Manatt’s steady growth across several of its key practices—including white collar and civil litigation, health care, financial services, AI, privacy and data security, and corporate transactions—reflecting an ongoing dedication to expanding the Firm’s legal and consulting work focusing on the industries and issues most impacting clients. She discussed how this success is a culmination of the Firm’s five-year strategic plan set forth during her first term as CEO and Managing Partner.

Manatt maintains its unique legal and consulting model as a key driver of its success, enabling teams to deliver holistic legal and business insights to clients. Strategic investments in trial capabilities, consulting professionals and technology have strengthened the Firm’s position as a national powerhouse and trusted partner to clients navigating complex regulatory, financial and operational challenges.

Wilson also addressed how the Firm is continually strengthening artificial intelligence (AI) fluency throughout its platform, supporting clients as they face both increasing opportunities and risk, especially as AI converges across health care, financial services, entertainment and technology. “AI is a huge issue, and we’re guiding our clients with respect to the ramifications of that,” Wilson said.

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